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Preventing deaths from rising opioid overdose in the US – the promise of naloxone antidote in community-based naloxone take-home programs
The opioid overdose epidemic is an alarming and serious public health problem in the United States (US) that has been escalating for 11 years. The 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) demonstrated that 1 in 20 persons in the US aged 12 or older reported nonmedical use of prescription...
Autores principales: | Straus, Michele M, Ghitza, Udi E, Tai, Betty |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3838403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24273417 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S47463 |
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